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In the execution of my profession, I have often experienced great difficulty and opposition in attempting to correct the false and mistaken taste for placing a large house in a naked grass-field, without any apparent line of separation between the ground exposed to cattle and the ground annexed to the house, which I consider as peculiarly under the management of art.
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hardy herbaceous plants, cold districts, wild gardening, chalk garden, wall shrubs, grey foliage, herbaceous border, surface dressing, delightful scent, foliage effect, grass walk, bulbous plants
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Major Johnston, William Robinson, Gertrude Jekyll, Lily of the Valley, National Trust, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Cabbage Roses, China Rose, Water Lilies, Miss Jekyll, Miss Willmott, Sweet Briar, Financial Times, Harold Peto, Humphry Repton, Sir Frederick Stern, South African, Berberis Darwinii, Beth Chatto, British Isles, Dog Rose, Graham Thomas, Great Britain, Harold Nicolson, John Innes
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